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Prostitutes arrested in Malawi HIV crackdown

    JOHANNESBURG

    In a broadcast on state radio and television, Muluzi said that since the health system could no longer cope with the AIDS crisis, Malawians “must fight the scourge by discouraging the kind of behaviour that helps the spread of the disease”. For the first time, Muluzi also ordered the police to arrest not only the prostitutes but their clients as well.

    Critics claim the presidential decree will only lead to prostitutes going underground, making HIV/AIDS testing and counselling more difficult.

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